Gender Inequality

Why venture capital should commit to gender balance

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Investing in digital public goods can help improve access to education and achieve equality. Image: Unsplash.

Sanna Bedi
Innovation Fund Officer, UNICEF Innovation
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UNICEF Innovation Fund has made 113 investments in startups from 67 emerging markets.
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Avyantra co-founders Hyma Goparaju and KVKLN Rao receiving the AFI Best Indian Social Enterprise Award 2019. Image: Avyantra Health Technologies.

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